Heroes & villains

"While Heroes & Villains scans as an opus of psychedelic trap and star-laden singles with cool comic book packaging, it almost feels like a last triumphant gasp from the past decade's most prominent rappers and their favorite hitmaking producer ... But other than a few misses, Heroes & Villains is a crisp, cohesive record that nails all the little things: end-of-song outros, dazzling sequencing, surprising beat switches, and perfectly staggered features. The album's main characters - Future, [Travis] Scott, and 21 Savage - are spread out in smart pairings, popping in and out of the frame like lead actors in an ensemble cast. Even A$AP Rocky, who joins the late Takeoff on "Feel the Fiyaaaah," has several small cameos before earning his own song. This sort of attention to detail matters; Metro succeeds in constructing a self-contained universe stuffed with various narrators, antagonists, and anti-heroes".

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"Metro Boomin er stadig en genial producer, flere af numrene har en afhængighedsskabende kvalitet, og albummet har nogle bemærkelsesværdige blæser- og strygerarrangementer - tag bare albummets bedste og mest hypnotiske nummer: 'Superhero' ... Men man lytter alligevel til 'Heroes & Villains' med en følelse af, at der mangler noget, som binder det hele sammen, selv om det musikalsk flyder upåklageligt. Den konceptuelle sammenhængskraft med helte og skurke virker en anelse spinkel. Hvad vil Metro Boomin som hiphoppens store auteur? Er han ved at løbe tør for ideer og venner? Fremover bør han tage nogle flere chancer og sætte sig selv og sit kæmpestore cast mere på spil".

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